Be Still, and Know

We see a very strange account in Genesis 6 where sons of God took the daughters of men to be wives. Who are these sons of Gods? There are t hree usual interpretations: Descendants from Cain’s line Pagan rulers who did polygamy Fallen angels  [1] The 1st interpretation is that the sons of God were wicked descendants of Cain intermarrying with godly descendants of Seth. It kind of fits the scene of lust running everywhere. [2] The 2nd interpretation says it refers to powerful human rulers, pagan kings who took many wives and sinned through polygamy, like Lamech who is a descendant of Cain (Gen 4: 17). The problem with these 2 interpretations is that nowhere else does sons of God refer to any kind of human beings. And if they were men indeed, that may not explain much about how giants were born as offspring because of that. Also, these options, in general, do not seem to justify the harsh judgment of flood that follows after this scene. [3] The 3rd and what I feel is t...

Prayer should always be done with a humble approach. Ask God’s will to be done in all that you do, rather than your will being executed by God. There is this preaching that we can demand anything with authority to God - and I just want to warn you how dangerous demanding something from God without any humility can be. Take the Israelites for example. They were given manna from above, but they demanded meat. Read Numbers 11 to see how badly they asked for it.  Now, if you demand something like that, God might give it to you, but it might not end well for you.  God gave them the meat just like they demanded, but they were faced with a plague while the meat was still between their teeth. In 1 Samuel 8 , they demanded a king just like the nations around them, rejecting God as their true King. God had a plan to bring up the King in David’s line, but it wasn’t His time yet.  God even warned them that there would be corruption and immorality if this new king came into ...

If we should not alter God’s Word, how are we OK with translations? (Proverbs 30:6, Deuteronomy 4:2, Deuteronomy 12:32, and Revelation 22:18–19) The best Bible version is actually the original text in Hebrew, Aramaic (OT), or Greek (NT). But how many of us can read the Bible in that language? The goal of translating is to accurately convey God’s word in a language that people understand. The Septuagint is the Greek translation of the original Hebrew Old Testament, formed before Christ. Jesus refers to the book of Isaiah (29:13) in  Mark 7:6–7 while talking about dishonoring God. The words that are m entioned are  from the Greek Septuagint, not the Hebrew language.  Similarly, Matthew 21:16 quotes Psalms 8:2 from the Septuagint . So whether Jesus Himself spoke those words, or the gospel authors chose to write those words, the Greek translation was normally used during the time of Jesus. So are translations OK? Yes, they help you understand God’s Word in a language o...